Source for the map
Generations of people
have changed the landscape a great deal, population size and
the gap between rich and poor has grown exponentially.
Solutions for today´s problems are out there, and we believe
the Sierra Gorda is an important model for rural mountain
living anywhere.

“Here in the Sierra Gorda we know that it is
not convenient to do away with the trees; with my
85 years I
can tell you that over time I have seen that where there are
woods there are springs and there is life. The youth go to
the [USA] to seek fortune and when they come back they don’t
know
how or they don’t want to work the fields.

Our region requires knowledge, awareness and
roots, we have to conserve a love for the Earth that gave birth
to us, because if we as Serranos don’t do something for this
land, others aren’t going to do it either.”

Viva Sierra Gorda supports projects that demonstrate the
necessity of bottom-up solutions to benefit people and
nature. Turn
poverty around and connect with rural communities creating a
biosphere with a future.